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Characters: Who are the main characters that we meet in this part of the book? What did you learn about them?
Elijah is strong, confident. He is smart. He is Lizzy's son. Goldie is his girlfriend. He does care about his family.
Abby is Elijah's cousin. He is the same age as Elijah.
Setting: What is the historical significance of when and where this chapter takes place?
This time period shows us what happened after slavery. Even though Blacks were free legally, there were laws that treated them differently--not equally.
Plot: What happened in the chapter? Summarize the events.
Grandma Saran and grandpa Moses need to pay the their taxes, but they don't have enough money.
Elijah and Abby asks Mr. Turner for thirty-five dollars if they succeed in finding his son who was said to be trapped on Key Island with Foster. After they find the boy they get their money more than what they needed to pay taxes.
Analysis: Why is this section of the book important? How does it connect or relate to the previous sections?
The part of the book that is important is when Elijah and Abby save Mr. Turner's son David from Key island.
In all of the three sections of the book, the main characters are forced to leave home. It talks about after slavery but there was some white people who still ignore the black people and black and white were treated differently.
Click on the link to return to the list of sections for The Glory Field.
Characters: Who are the main characters that we meet in this part of the book? What did you learn about them?
Elijah is strong, confident. He is smart. He is Lizzy's son. Goldie is his girlfriend. He does care about his family.
Abby is Elijah's cousin. He is the same age as Elijah.
Setting: What is the historical significance of when and where this chapter takes place?
This time period shows us what happened after slavery. Even though Blacks were free legally, there were laws that treated them differently--not equally.
Plot: What happened in the chapter? Summarize the events.
Grandma Saran and grandpa Moses need to pay the their taxes, but they don't have enough money.
Elijah and Abby asks Mr. Turner for thirty-five dollars if they succeed in finding his son who was said to be trapped on Key Island with Foster. After they find the boy they get their money more than what they needed to pay taxes.
Analysis: Why is this section of the book important? How does it connect or relate to the previous sections?
The part of the book that is important is when Elijah and Abby save Mr. Turner's son David from Key island.
In all of the three sections of the book, the main characters are forced to leave home. It talks about after slavery but there was some white people who still ignore the black people and black and white were treated differently.